Miller,+John

Introduce Yourself
**//Name://** John Miller

Paso Robles, CA. (San Luis Obispo County)
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I am a 47 year old native Californian. I've spent most of my life on the Central Coast, but managed to spend a few years of my youth attending undergraduate and grad school at SDSU while studying anthropology and working for Aztec Shops (catering) during the 80s. I left sunny San Diego and enrolled in Cal Poly SLO from where I received my teaching credentials.
 * //Background://**

After substitute teaching for a few semesters, I got a job teaching middle school science and math in King City - a 45 minute drive from home. I've been there ever since. It is a small, rural, agricultural community of about 15,000.

In my spare time, which I don't really have anymore, I like to rock climb, read, work in the garden, and drink good wine. I've been married to a third grade teacher (Audrey) for the last 23 years and both of us like to travel as often as we can. This too, has been put on hold until I finish this program, but we have enjoyed numerous adventure related trips in the past. We've hiked a glacier in Norway, biked through Normandy, travelled the lonely highland roads of Scotland, walked the streets of Kolkata, backpacked amongst the Himalaya in Bhutan, and watched sunsets from the beaches of Fiji. We like to think of our adventures as a requirement for our jobs and we try to bring as much of the outside world in to share with our students as possible.

I have been a teacher for 15 years - all of it in middle school. I have a multiple subject credential as well as a single subject for history and a supplemental credential in science. I've taught grades 6-8 in all subject areas over my career and am currently teaching 6th grade history and science. I'm GATE certified and have received extensive training in the SIOP model of sheltered instruction. I am also an AVID teacher with five summer institutes under my belt. I am a technology trainer and coach for my district and have used it in my classroom for my entire career.
 * //Teaching Experience://**

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Your Assignments
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